Recommended Books for Your Enjoyment

Reading books helps with everything from how to plant a tree to cooking fried catfish.

by GRIT staff

| June 2013

Cover Courtesy DK

Books offer their readers a wealth of information, and
Grit provides a number of excerpts
from a wide range of books on its website. Check out these titles: How to Grow Practically Everything, with a
tip on how to plant a tree; Vertical
Vegetables and Fruit, featuring
tips on how to plant
peas for a terrific harvest and beautiful soil; A Handmade Life, to learn how to make your
own hand tools; Preserving Summer’s
Bounty, for tips on juicing fresh garden and orchard produce;
The Secret Lives of Backyard
Bugs, with a glimpse of those amazing insects you can find in your
backyard; and Salt Lick Cookbook,
in which you can find amazing recipes such as Fried Catfish With Hush Puppies.
When you’re good and hungry, make yourself a bowl of Chuck Mallory’s delicious
Cream of Asparagus Soup while you tune in to our live webcam for a glimpse of
newly hatched chicks, ducklings, gosling, turkeys and guineas. And don’t forget
to check out Hank’s blog post on herding cattle before you sit down to relax and
watch an episode of "TOUGH GRIT."

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